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The first. I was downloading emulators and ROMs again on my laptop and realized "Oh I could download Doom" for the ZSNES. I didn't realize that the first Doom was out on the SNES. I just thought I'd play for a little at work to kill time.

It just sucked me in. Think I left off at the second level on the second "episode". Or third level? One of the two. It got pretty hard there. I didn't know that the entire game pretty much played rock music the entire way through - it's wicked. I grew up on Dark Forces, which I loved, so it's like basically playing its spiritual predecessor. I more or less breezed by the first episode and it's funny because I thought that the SNES version was watered down or something because I was like "I reached the the end already?" but nope. I feel like it really kicks in after the first episode.

Oh yeah, the SNES port is a real bitch to play and like all the other older console ports, the level geometry and textures simplified. There are innumerablePCports which really work brilliantly, although if you want plug-and-play then you can always just snag Doom 3 BFG Edition as it comes with Ultimate Doom (Doom 1 with an extra episode) and Doom II. I'm impressed that you made it so far on such a subpar port, though. Goes to show the appeal is still there!

For the least possible amount of effort, there's an in-browser version:

I made it to Hell now, so I'm close to the last level actually haha. Before Val told me I was wondering like "Gee something about this feels clunky and basic and wrong." Then I read up on the real Doom and it's not like that at all. But yeah I got really warped into and figured "Made it this far so go big or go home." Apparently in the original PC Doom the monsters can end up fighting each other? That's cool.

If two different monsters accidentally hit each other they'll start fighting each other until one of them dies. This behavior very useful to exploit.

To save cartridge space in the SNES version, the monsters are only animated from the front instead of eight different directions, meaning monsters are always facing the player, thus making infighting impossible.

I am actually gearing up to play co-op Ultimate Doom again soon, but I think mah boi needs an intro to a more passive first person experience than run and shoot or die, so we're going to poke around in Minecraft first.

The monster in-fighting is back in Doom 2016, I'm happy to report. Seeing them taking shots at eachother really makes them seem more alive.

I muttered 'light as a board, stiff as a feather' for 2 days straight and now I've ascended, ;aughing at olympus and zeus is crying

I didn't know that thing was still being updated. I saw bits of it last year, thought the animu girl demons were really goofy-looking.[DOUBLEPOST=1464659926,1464659840][/DOUBLEPOST]Edit: Okay, I looked up what the new weapon is and that's pretty **** great.

I just bought the Doom 3 BFG edition on Steam. Went through Doom already except for the fourth episode and already started Doom II. Even though Doom 3 is a reboot of Doom I want to finish the oldies first.

I like how Doom is a franchise that just seems to be all about reboots but like actually good reboots.

Glad to hear you're enjoying it! Doom 3 is a lot like Doom reimagined as a claustrophobic horror-action game. The atmosphere is perfect but it's best played with a few mods, which BFG Edition does not afford but that version of the game has been tweaked to make ammo more available, etc, and play a bit faster. Best played in short bursts, like an hour-ish, I find. It's pretty good, but it wasn't made to hit the same beats at all.

If you ever want to check out more official Doom-like stuff, Final Doom contains two officially-released megawads the size of Doom II as well, and continues the lore of the originals. Heretic is a medieval/magic themed game based on Doom engine and made with a similar style. Hexen was an honorary sequel to Heretic, and takes the RPG sensibilities a step further.

And of course, there's community megawads which are pretty amazing, like Piratedoom which Val linked here awhile back. There are also deeper mods like Brutal Doom which actually change and amplify aspects of the gameplay, which the most recent Doom was clearly inspired by.

I muttered 'light as a board, stiff as a feather' for 2 days straight and now I've ascended, ;aughing at olympus and zeus is crying